the winter of my discontent

I'm not sure if it's the cold, the bug that's been making the rounds at work, or my Lenten penances (which are fairly wimpy in the land of penances, but are making my life way more interesting.), but there's not too much of interest to share with you all. So here's the list of things I'm thankful for today.

1. Good friends.
2. Things that make me laugh.
3. Scrabble in different languages (con dizionario!)
4. Bad tv
5. These folks, who were so nice to my puppy after he wandered a little too close to a nervous mastiff. On the positive side, he's got his first scars, and as ACB wisely observed "chicks dig scars."
   

More to come - we're almost ready to spill the beans on the summer season! Stay tuned!